Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-05-26
WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN?


The Republican organ yesterday morn
ing made labored effort to convince its
readers that the defeat OF the Tucker bill
as it passed the House was attributable as
much, if not more, to Democratic than
Republican influences. With all of its
partisan gall, however, it had not the
temerity to assert that Senator EGmunds
had not the power, if he had the dispo-
sition, to pass the bill in the Sem
ate, substantially as it went into
the hands of the Conference Committee.
This would be going little farther than
the organ dare trust to the duplicity of
even the most bitterly partisan, but sim
cerely honest friends of the loyal cause in
Utah. While The DEMOCRAT has no dis
position to apologize, or in any manner
smooth over, the acts of the Congress-
men of its party who sustained Senator
Edmunds in his betrayal of Utah's
loyal people, it will assert, without fear
of successful contradiction, that had the
original author of the Senate bill en-
dorsed the House amendments, not a
Democratic or Republican committee
man, with the exception perhaps of Col
Inns, OF Massachusetts,, would have in
sisted upon any material change in the
measure as formulated by the Judiciary
Committee Of the House. Mr..
Edmunds as the originator of
the bill-or at least of its
ttular portion-was by parliamentary
custom and courtesy permitted to direct
tis course when it was returned from the
House. Regarded as the champion of
the Gentle people of Utah, and as a
Senator better informed than any other
in regard to the requirements for effect
ing loyal rule in this Territory, his opin-
ion was naturally accepted by his fellow
Committeeman of both parties as the pol
icy which should prevail in dealing with
the Utah question. A word from him
would have secured the passage of the
Tucker bill. That word was not only
withheld, but the work of emasculation,
from beginning to end was his, and on
him rests the responsibility for the |
continuance of disloyal rule in q Ter |
ritory which is supposed to form
portion of free and enlightened Repub-
lie. As TO that portion of the Republican |
organs article relating to local influences |
alleged to have been brought to bear /
against the bill, the denial of that sheet
will weigh but slightly as against facts
and circumstances we'll known to many
persons here. Thata meeting was called
to protest against the passage of the
bill, conferring 80 much appointiye
power upon the Democratic President
and Governor, the organ does not dare to
deny. That no positive details can be
concerning the result of such
a movement is not strange, when every
Republican approached upon the subject,
who expressed his disapproval, was in
stantly dropped and afterwards given to
understand that the proposition
had been abandoned. Men en-
gagged in such business would not be
likely to publish their infamy to the
world, hence the organs boldness in
challenging proof of the identity of the
guilty parties. Confident in the skill
With which the miscreants imagine they
covered their tracks, they doubtless feel
secure from exposure and from the exc
,rations which would be hurled at their ,
raitorous heads from every honest Gentle
ongue in Utah. They will perhaps find, .
however, that their security is shorter
ived than they anticipated. Enough
las already leaked out to render it .
morally certain that there was local
reason among us, and before the con-
-ening of the next Congress, THE DEMO
RAT confidently expects to be able
o publish the entire facts in /.
elation to the matter, with the
mall arrayof names in connection there
With. Nothing would give US greater !
pleasure, except the conviction that no !:
uch treason was designed or perpetrated. !;
All of this, however, has nothing to do
With the present duty of the loyal people, =
# whichever party, in Utah. They :
hould not be diverted from their path
~ suspicion or even absolute knowledge =,
raitorous acts in the past. 1t should
My spur them on TO greater efforts to I
their effect by increasing their i,
wn zeal in the work to be accomplished. 4
Let every Gentle in the Territory mani
est his willingness to give the law which p
furnished us a fair trial, by register =
ng and voting. Let there be no room v
Or pretense at Washington next winter
hat the Statute was a failure because
ne loyal people refused to help them a
elves when they had an opportunity to d
10 so. Nothing will SO effectually pro- a
note further legislature as unquestion- =
BILE proof of the ineficiency of that il
Which has been given us. This can only Z Z
e done by full Gentle vote. a
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